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Originally Posted by bluejays
No doubt to all of this. I still don't see Schneider as the material person responsible for this nonsense this year. Atkins hasn't done good enough job for his tenure here. To me that accounts for 70% of what we see. 25% now to the players, and 5% to the coaching staff.
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He's not to blame, but I also said this when he replaced Montoya, and said it around the time after Charlie's first year; that neither of those men were going to be the manager of the team when it got really good AND had a chance to go deep. Placeholder managers to get the team to a certain level and then bring in a more experienced manager to push the team over the edge.
It's what AA did, pulling the trigger on Gibby 2.0 when he felt the team needed that extra push and personality element. Now, AA trusted and had a good relationship with Gibby so it was easy.
Again, Shapiro has hired two guys who came cheap and had their first managerial gig, so much more willing to listen to those above to their deteriment, on full display in Minnesota last playoffs with Barrios.
Will Shapiro risk losing control of the team like he has now, by hiring a manager to run things his way? Maybe, maybe not. When an experienced manager tells Atkins he needs x, y, z types of players, not so sure this president and this GM want that.
As mentioned, there are a few layers here to get to Shapiro. Manager takes the first hit, then the GM. On paper, they apparently will be back to start the year next year so there's an element of self preservation...but if they hire a manager who has a winning pedigree and he does well, but the GM and president can't work with him, there is an issue...so, solve the problem by not hiring an experienced manager.
